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Posts posted by andyrose
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was he off typpe ratcher ? I have one the same cross, he's a big b*****d, measures 29" tts. Fantastic nose, trust his marks 100%. He pick up a sent and quarters a field like a good un until he puts up whatevers there. He may not be a superstar and is little to big for rabbit, but he's a good reliable dog that's great with the kids and other dogs, loves water and just generally a decent loyal dogAny body on here ever seen a poodle cross lurcher?
Years ago I used to have one. Dam was 15/16ths greyhound, 1/16th collie, sire was standard poodle. Unfortunately he got killed on the road in pursuit of bambi age 21 months, so never reached his full potential, but was shaping up to be all that I could have wanted. Good ferreting dog, sensible around the nets, had taken daytime hares, had a couple of daytime roe under his belt, and had retrieved his first goose from the water (I used to take him wildfowling, though lurcher work was the number one priority). He had a good nose, good feet and coat. Very biddable and great temperament - soft as shite with the kids. One thing I really liked about him was that he didn't look very lurcher-like as his coat hid his body shape; he just looked like a scruffy Heinz 57. So it meant if you just happened to be poking around somewhere you weren't supposed to be you just looked like some numpty dog walker who'd got lost. He didn't draw attention to himself the way a lot of 'classy' lurchers do.
The vast majority of working dog folk scoff at the very mention of the word poodle. The Crufts image springs to mind with the stupid haircut and bows and ribbons everywhere. And the current craze for crossing every sort of mutt imagineable with a poodle and charging £800 for the pups only adds to the perception of them being ridiculous. But underneath the coat they're racy and athletic. They're a highly intelligent gundog and I think it's a crying shame more people don't work them. There's a few kennels in America that do. Anybody interested should take a look at http://www.redhuntingpoodles.com/
I'm sure there'll be plenty of people in this thread lining up to make derogatory remarks about them, but from my own perspective I can't rate the cross highly enough. (Though to be fair, I've never seen any other examples of this cross, so am basing my comments on one individual animal that may or may not have been representative of the cross in general.)
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How much pasta/brown bread to meat do you feed?
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Food for thought, so to speak. Why the chopped toms? Not something I'd thought of feeding,I run out of dry food tomorrow would you swap the diet straight over or do it gradual? Cheers for the help?
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Haha f*****g predictive text supposed to say carbs, I suppose a small family saloon would take some getting through though
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Anyone give me some advice on feeding raw, what carbs does everyone feed and how much, I know they need about 2% of their body weight in meat, but how much cars? Also does anyone feed wood pigeon and would the lead shot do any harm?
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Cheers dan, never really been a fan of castration, but we're getting to the "me or the dog" stage, so I think needs must
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I've got a beddy x he's a little b###### with my spaniel if he's not trying to shag him he's ragging him around with his ears and can be a bit funny with strange dogs, but the worst thing is he keeps sneaking into the kids room and pissing when he's alone with the wife and when she tries to chastise him for it he growls at her. We got him at nine month old and I think he was a bit of a mixed up kid when we got him. It causing no end of trouble with her indoors and was hoping it might help sort his dominance problems and maybe his pissing too
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Does anybody run a castrated dog? Does it affect their working ability? Prey drive, weight gain or anything like? Any thoughts would be appreciated...cheers
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Sorry, does anybody RUN a castrated dog
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Does anybody a castrated dog? Does it make any difference to there working ability ? Any thoughts would be appreciated cheers
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Thinking of getting a buffalo river rechargeable, I've read the good reports, but what type of lamping are you using them for, I'm wanting one for lamping with the dog which I think needs a more powerful lamp than with a gun. Anybody use one with the dogs?
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do you still have it ?
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nice looking dog how's he bred?
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I feed mine a cheep local working dog dry mix £7.99 for a 15kg sack and any kitchen scraps left over mine Don' t seem to do bad on that and only cost 15 quid a month
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how much do you want and can you try putting up the pics again ?
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Cheers pal, beautiful little gun, very happy
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do you still have it?
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no problem, hope you enjoy it
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aka_t50 pm sent
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still for sale
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Wish it took derbyshire police 6 weeks, sent mine the begining of january. Rang them the other day just to enquire that they'd recieved it ok, obviously i appolagised for disturbing them and said i realised they were very busy. Apparently there just doing january's applications now and i can excpect a call from my fao in the next fortnight to arrange a visiting time. So by my calculations i can hope for my licence in probably a month
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Oh jesus christ, funniest thing i've ever seen, choked on my tea and praticaly pissed myself at the same time. You know you should'nt laugh, but are you laughing because its funny or just because it's not your dog lol
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10 Bore Black Powder Cartridges?
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Can anybody help me out,I'm after some black powder 10 bore cartridges if anybody has any they would be willing to part with or loads their own that could make me some up....cheers